A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: The London Thames Cable Car (Emirates Air Line) is suffering from poor weekday (read: commuters) ridership to such an extent that Transport for London has sent out free round-trip tickets to...
For the last 1,000 days we’ve been using The Gondola Project as an information portal for the world to learn about cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit – and it’s succeeded beyond any of our wildest dreams! As a result, our small little planning consultancy Creative Urban Projects has been experiencing rapid growth –...
A couple weeks ago, we discovered that La Paz, Bolivia was planning to build 3 new CPT lines. However, some of the reported numbers seemed a little “off” to say the least. Based on the figures previously provided, the cable lifts would operate at speeds up to 50-60km/h! In my attempt to set things straight,...